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Per­haps you’ve had the expe­ri­ence of mov­ing to a new city and imme­di­ate­ly being told that you’ve missed its gold­en age of live music. To an extent, this has hap­pened in more or less every peri­od of the past fifty or six­ty years. But what if the per­son regal­ing you with those sto­ries had an archive of more than 10,000 con­cert record­ings to back them up? Chicago’s Aadam Jacobs has made just such an archive, and a few years ago he and it became the sub­ject of Katlin Schnei­der’s doc­u­men­tary Melo­ma­ni­ac. Apart from their sto­ries of Jacobs’ exploits with his…

Nearly half of Jewish students experienced some form of antisemitism on campus last year, a new survey shows. But they aren’t the only minority student group facing prejudice. In addition to 47 percent of Jewish students, 34 percent of Muslim students, 31 percent of Black students and 22 percent of Asian students reported experiencing at least one form of prejudice on campus because of their identity, according to a report the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University published Tuesday. The report’s findings come at an inflection point for civil rights in higher education. After the start of Israel-Gaza war in October…

Kathryn Skulley, Hechinger Most community college students aspire to a bachelor’s degree, yet only a small fraction ever earn one. Many community college students lose nearly half their credits…

Even the most well-intentioned edtech can fall short if it does not meet students where they are. After several years studying the usability of edtech for teachers, the research team at ISTE+ASCD turned its attention to students — examining how the technical and pedagogical design of digital tools shapes their learning experiences.In partnership with In Tandem and Sesame Workshop, researchers spoke with high school students across the United States to understand how they actually use edtech in real learning contexts. The findings identify five areas that matter most to students and offer guidance for educators and product designers seeking tools…

In the memorandum, Harvard’s attorneys asked the court to transfer the suit from Judge Richard Stearns to Judge Allison Burroughs, who ruled in its favor last year. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | greenleaf123/iStock/Getty Images | APCortizasJr/iStock/Getty Images Harvard University filed a motion on Monday claiming the Trump administration’s recent antisemitism lawsuit is a rehashing of a case the university already won. In the memorandum, Harvard’s attorneys asked the Massachusetts District Court to transfer the suit from federal judge Richard Stearns to federal judge Allison Burroughs. Burroughs presided over Harvard v. HHS, a similar case brought by Harvard…

by Grant Mincy, The Hechinger Report April 15, 2026 Academic freedom is not a gift. It is a structure long protected by tenure, a contract with no expiration date that guarantees procedural protections to faculty.  Tenure has granted faculty at U.S. colleges and universities the rights to peer review, committee deliberation and presentation of evidence and witnesses before being fired. These protections, including the right to appeal, exist not as a bureaucratic formality, but as the architecture that makes free inquiry possible in practice.  These hard-earned protections are now at risk in several states. Dismantle them, and declarations of academic freedom become language without substance.  Under a proposed bill now awaiting Tennessee Governor…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Does the nature of 21st century childhood — from often prodigious screen time to overscheduled out-of-school time — impinge upon children’s imaginations and creativity?  Research has shown that social media can disrupt social development, a phenomenon that could indirectly impact imagination, according to Andrew Shtulman, professor and psychology department chair at Occidental College, in California. But merely using a screen doesn’t necessarily negatively affect creativity, he said. In fact, it could enhance a child’s imagination depending on what they’re doing. Concerns about…

Four Reasons To Teach Skills, Not Theory Despite the fact that there’s so many trends in the broader L&D industry right now, practical skills-based learning is more important than ever. Most industry studies suggest that about 50% of employees will need upskilling and training in the near future. How better to train than by focusing on the skills they need? Skills-based training is action-oriented and highly engaging for both the instructor and the learner. Many of the underlying principles used in learning can still be applied to skills-based learning. There’s nothing preventing you from including learning outcomes or learning objectives…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Late last month, Education Secretary Linda McMahon celebrated what she called the Trump administration’s “unprecedented progress in reducing the federal education footprint” and “giving education back to the states” as she announced that the U.S. Department of Education would be moving out of its headquarters at the Lyndon B. Johnson building in Washington.  Ironically, the announcement comes as the administration is aggressively inserting itself in state and local education decision-making through a little-known administrative process.  A General Services Administration proposal that would require almost all…

Ohio attorney general Dave Yost is suing Hebrew Union College in hopes of preventing the institution from selling its Cincinnati campus, WCPO 9 News reported. Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion decided in 2022 that it would wind down its Cincinnati rabbinical school program by the end of the 2025–26 academic year. It maintained its programs in Jerusalem, Los Angeles and New York and launched a virtual option last year. The Cincinnati campus would still host academic resources like the college’s archive and library. The lawsuit, filed last week, claims Hebrew Union College promised in a 1950 agreement to “permanently”…